Mallotus repandus (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Mallotus repandus (Willd.) Müll. Arg.
- Protologue: Linnaea 34: 197 (1865).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: akar charek puteh (Peninsular)
- Thailand: ma pop khruea (northern), kurapia (Pattani), yieo maeo (peninsular)
- Vietnam: bục bục leo, nkung diện bài.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Taiwan, Thailand, throughout Malesia except Borneo, north-eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
Uses
In Peninsular Malaysia, a decoction of the roots is used to cure colds. In Taiwan, the stems and roots are applied as anti-inflammatory and liver-protective drugs. The roots are also used to treat itch, snakebites, fever and hepatitis.
Observations
A climbing or scrambling shrub or liana up to 20 m long; leaves arranged spirally, triangular to elliptical or rhombic-ovate, not peltate; fruit 2(-3)-celled, without echinate processes, densely yellow-tomentose. M. repandus occurs scattered in primary or secondary rain forest, up to 900 m altitude.
Selected sources
19, 21, 22, 23, 62, 121, 256, 554, 562, 990.
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Authors
Ch.B. Lugt